Side tool bar question
Date: Wed, 02/21/2007 - 18:49
I've noticed that happens to me sometimes (but not all the time
I've noticed that happens to me sometimes (but not all the time ... strange) The sidebar is overlaying the main data table. I usually deal with it until it goes away on its own after a few page-clicks.
To answer the questions, I don't think you can get rid of the side bar. In your options --> Edit Profile, I think you can set the sidebar to appear on the left side of the screen. That will move it, but it will still cover up some data when it's being naughty.
I have two theories:
1) The sidebar table has some absolute positioning properties set that causes it to display on top of other data.
From the looks if it, the sidebar table is nested inside a
div#SideNavigationDiv21 {
position: absolute;
width: 220px;
right: 0px;
top: 125px;
}Therein could lie the problem. Absolute positions have erratic displays on different browsers, depending on browser type, OS, screen resolution, etc.
2) I have noticed when this happens, that the entire page seems to load slow. I also notice that the text/tables shift as the page is loading. My guess is that the browser is slowly formatting the page as it reads the stylesheet (and due to some of the javascript document.write commands). Then it may reach a point where the browser can no longer access the stylesheet (network traffic, timeouts, etc). When that happens, the brower doesn't know how to format the page and it stops dead in its tracks, since it lost its CSS. In essence, we may be losing our connection before CSS can shift the main table left of the sidebar table. Several minutes later when we regain access to the stylesheet, the problem disappears.
Would you believe I spent four years at DePaul University to get a computer science degree, and when I graduated I got a job at a finance company? Go figure.
DC - same is true for me, my career aspiration was something els
DC - same is true for me, my career aspiration was something else but my life took me to some other profession :D
I would go to Edit Profile to say No to Always Enable Right Menu.
Thanks debt cruncher, it moved to the left, this works for me. I
Thanks debt cruncher, it moved to the left, this works for me. It was always covering the last few words of the posts up for me. Had to guess what was being said. Have a good day.